Northerly

Northerly
With jockey Mark Flaherty, 2004 Turnbull Stakes
Sire	Serheed (USA)
Grandsire	Nijinsky II
Dam	North Bell
Damsire	Bellewater (FR)
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	(1996-10-17)17 October 1996
Died	9 May 2012(2012-05-09) (aged 15)
Country	Australia
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Oakland Park Stud
Owner	Mr & Mrs N.G. Duncan & Mrs J Kersley
Trainer	Fred Kersley
Record	37: 19–7–2
Earnings	A$9,341,850
Major wins
Australian Cup (2001, 2003) W. S. Cox Plate (2001, 2002) Underwood Stakes (2001, 2002) Caulfield Cup (2002) Yalumba Stakes (2001) Railway Stakes (2000)
Awards
Australian Middle Distance Champion (2002, 2003) Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year (2003) Timeform rating: 129
Honours
Northerly Stakes Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Last updated on 5 March 2007

Northerly (17 October 1996 – 9 May 2012) was an Australian racehorse who is considered arguably Australia's best middle distance Thoroughbred horse of the early 2000s. Northerly, trained by Western Australian harness racing legend Fred Kersley, won nine Group One (G1) races, including the Australian Cup twice, and the Cox Plate, regarded as the Weight for Age championship of Australasia, also on two occasions.

The horse, a bay gelding, was bred by Oakland Park Stud in Western Australia and was sired by Serheed (USA) from North Bell by Bellewater (FR). Serheed, a half-brother to both Ajdal and Formidable, was the sire of 27 stakeswinners that had 84 stakeswins, mostly in Western Australia with Northerly being his best performer. North Bell was the dam of five named foals which included two other stakes winners, North Boy and Northern Song, both by Rory's Jester.^[1] Northerly was inbred to Northern Dancer in the third, fourth and fifth generation (3m x 4f x 5f).^[2]